Abidal attempts to become master of his own affairs as second try to secure La Liga transfer is in the offing.

In the premiership, Newcastle move in to snatch Barca's Giuly from Marseille's grasp.



French defender, Eric Abidal has decided to play a more prominent role in determining his own destiny as the strong defender has set up a successful meeting with his club officials at Lyon.


Speaking on the outcome of the meeting, the Head of Communications at Lyon, Olivier Blanc, expressed less hostility at his earlier stance against Barcelona's offer. Blanc said:

The meeting with Eric went smoothly. We earlier said no to Barcelona because their offer was not in good taste to us. They need to review their offer and return so we can commence talks again.

A possible compromise using the good old method of reaching the half way mark may be adopted in the bid, so that Barcelona step up their offer to around 14 million Euros from their last bid of 9 million Euros while Lyon step down to 14 million Euros or thereabout from their price of 20 Million Euros.
Fair enough.


Giuly Courted By Newcastle


Meanwhile, Barcelona's creative midfielder, Ludovic Giuly has reportedly received an offer from Newcastle to where the black and white stripes of the Premiership side next season.


Giuly's commercial representative, Sebastien Riera, while speaking to Sunday Sun, revealed the interest of Newcastle in the former Monaco ace. Riera said:

Ludo is aware of Newcastle's interest.

Though Newcastle are looking at alternatives such as Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf, Barca's Giuly is their priority.